{"id":1581,"date":"2023-06-05T19:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T23:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spiritmoxie.com\/conversation\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2023-06-06T00:06:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T04:06:04","slug":"spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spiritmoxie.com\/conversation\/spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSo, what do you mean when you say, \u2018spirit\u2019?\u201d I\u2019d come late to a MeetUp<\/a> and, having grabbed a drink, unexpectedly found myself in an in-depth conversation about Spirit Moxie. I get asked about \u201cmoxie\u201d all the time, but for me, in this religiously neutral crowd, this was a first. Not sure what I answered, but now realize truly answering feels important.<\/p>\n

\"Sunset\u201cSpirit,\u201d for me, is multi-faceted and ranges from the energy at a football game to serious conversations on theology. But perhaps the most basic place for the word and idea comes from the way people describe being human as \u201cbody, mind, and spirit.\u201d Do you say this? If so, what does it mean to you? When one simply looks up the definition of \u201cspirit,\u201d or, to be precise, looks it up in the dictionary on my phone, the very first definition is \u201cthe principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.\u201d Hmmm. So, in some way, our spirit is what makes us conscious of our humanity and of our existence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On a theological note, you have probably heard of the Trinity as a way of describing God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Books have been written about this and debates have raged largely resulting in all kind of confusion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Rocks,What I want to suggest here is a perspective I\u2019m pretty sure I didn\u2019t come up with on my own, but I can\u2019t trace it to a source. Simply put, how humans talk about God and the energy that image embodies changes about every 2,000 years. We have the time of the Old Testament or BCE (Before the Common Era) which describes god in a fairly hierarchical way (the Father). Then comes the more personal connection personified in the figure of Jesus that has affected a good portion of the world, whatever your religious beliefs are, during the past 2,000 years or so. It is reflected in Western calendar dating and has been the root cause of\u00a0 <\/span>multiple wars and atrocities. This pattern now has us entering a new 2000 years as the time of the Spirit. Because all transitions are gradual\u00a0 <\/span>(and often violent) you can see this in things such as \u201cThe Age of Aquarius,\u201d which gained popularity through the musical Hair<\/a> in the 1960s (although what is really trippy is that we are apparently entering that age now if you believe Google and Wikipedia).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Sunset,We can see truth in this idea of our being in a time of the Spirit as we listen to some of the current spiritually based (there\u2019s that darn word \u201cspirit\u2019 again) coaches and writers. One example is Martha Beck\u2019s work<\/a>, particularly in her novel Diana, Herself<\/i><\/a> and in her training of \u201cWayfarers,\u201d<\/a> i.e., people seeking to navigate wild times with their own wild self and who feel a call to serve others in their confusion and fear. We see this in the work of Eckhart Tolle<\/a> as he talks about being present and alive. And we see this in how people are connecting around conversations about shared energy, making a difference, and claiming hope despite environmental and political stresses. When you are with a thoughtful group of people, listen to the conversations related to personal growth or other kinds of energy. They are glimpses of the Spirit at work.<\/p>\n

We see this movement in Spirit Moxie as we continue, since 2013, to\u00a0 <\/span>claim hope, embrace what we value as ourselves, and explore how this celebrates the connections among us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Confused? Most of what you see depends on what you are looking for. So where might you see Spirit, however defined, working now?<\/p>\n

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\nAll photos by Teresa O’Bryant
\nFrom the top:
\nSunset
\nWolf Creek Valley Overlook
\nWinter Sky<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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